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Housing Preservation Grant
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Opelousas,
Louisiana
OPELOUSAS, November
14, 2007 – USDA Rural Development State Director Clyde C. Holloway
visited Opelousas to present $135,028 in USDA Rural Development
Housing Preservation Grant funds to the St. Landry Parish Community
Action Agency. The community action agency will use the funds to
assist up to 24 low-income homeowners repair and rehabilitate their
homes.
"USDA Rural
Development’s Housing Preservation Grant Program helps protect the
health and safety of people who live in rural areas and lack
financial resources to make housing repairs,” said Clyde C.
Holloway. “I am pleased to award this grant to the St. Landry
Parish Community Action Agency—it will be welcome news for area
residents.”
USDA’s Rural
Development provides financial assistance to sponsoring
organizations, such as the St. Landry Parish Community Action
Agency, to assist in the repair and/or rehabilitation of
single-family and rental residences located in rural communities. Sponsors
who administer the grant funds can include state agencies, units of
local government, Native American tribes, and nonprofit
organizations.
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St. Landry Parish Community Action
Agency receives Housing Preservation Grant from USDA Rural
Development State Director Clyde Holloway and Multi-Family Housing
Specialist Rebecca Fontenot.
St. Landry Parish Community Action
Agency receives Housing Preservation Grant from USDA Rural
Development State Director Clyde Holloway and Multi-Family Housing
Specialist Rebecca Fontenot. Attending the ceremony were St.
Landry Parish President Don Menard; St. Landry Parish Community
Action Agency Board Members and staff: Armand Brinkhous,
Reverend J.C. Joubert, Michael Dupre, Mary Doucet, and Jacintiea
Deville; Nicole Hebert of Senator David Vitter's Staff, and Tommy
Hebert of Congressman Charles Boustany's Staff.
St. Landry Parish President Don Menard
celebrates with St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency personnel
at USDA Rural Development Housing Preservation Grant presentation.
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